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Don “Big Daddy” Pollard Obituary

The Courier-Journal has the obituary for Don Pollard. There is a benefit (and likely now tribute) to Pollard set for Monday, December 3 at Jerry Green And Friends, Brownsboro Rd at the Watterson. The lineup includes Rick Bartlett, Robbie Bartlett, Tanita Gaines, Turley Richards, Jerry Green and Friends, The Flying Martinis, Bob Ramsey and [...]

Fogerty, Good Folk Fest Previews

J. L. Puckett devotes most of his Friday column in the Courier-Journal to a preview of the John Fogerty show on December 3 at the Palace.

Puckett also previews the Good Folk Fest at the Mellwood Center, set for this weekend.

Don Pollard Dies

Don “Big Daddy” Pollard died on Wednesday of cancer. Velocity blogger Erin Keane remembers hearing him a Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge.

Coming From Behind

LMN Print Deadline Delays Posts

Okay, the December issue of Louisville Music News is on the streets, featuringThe October as the cover story. Time to play catch-up.

The C-J’s Bob Hill writes about jazz guitar teacher Jeff Sherman for his Thursday column. A very nice piece from Bob

In Tuesday’s edition, Maisy Fernandez wrote a [...]

December Deadline

The print deadline for the December issue of Louisville Music News is today; your humble editor has been working diligently all day, hence the lack of posts. However, it’s all done and off to the printer. The cover story will be The October and it will be on the streets beginning on Wednesday. The [...]

Feist, Hives, Levon Helm Reviewed

Canadian singer Feist played the Lyons Brown Theatre on Tuesday night. J. L. Puckett went to the show and wound up dealing with a dead truck at the end of the night. It gave him the metaphor he needed to write the review.

Puckett also reviewed the new CD by the Hives and Levon [...]

No Excuse Gets a Big Writeup; Misha Feigin Gets Some Ink.

J. L. Puckett has the assignment to do the story on one of the longest-lasting cover bands in Louisville, No Excuse. He also plugs an event that Misha Feigin is doing, called Floating Bridges Spontaneous Cabaret

Digital Sounds – November 24

J. L. Puckett’s Saturday Digital Sounds column, buried somewhere in the Weekly What-You-Should-buy Section, a.k.a, the Scene, points to some Wax Fang tracks; some Lee Hazelwood and Berlin’s 17 Hippies in the Left of the Dial section. (Who thinks up these names?)

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a tasty turkey day and football-watching, if that’s your thing. Try not to get trampled tomorrow, if you dare go out.